Chapter 551 — The Two Realms Joined
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
Shen Mu let out a long breath of relief. The sight of Imperial Teacher Jingping was like seeing kin. That Imperial Teacher Jingping had actually come to Taihuang Heaven from the Wasteland proved the spirit-energy translocation bridge was viable—he was a timely rain indeed!
Otherwise, they would have been stuck there exchanging stiff smiles for who knew how long.
As for testing whether the spirit-energy translocation bridge was stable, Shen Mu had not dared to step into it himself. Like the Black Tiger God, he feared some flaw in the design might leave him strangled to death inside.
Thankfully, Imperial Teacher Jingping had arrived.
More critically, they had blasted apart the sun. If the spirit-energy translocation bridge still proved unusable, the divine ability practitioners and gods of Taihuang Heaven would have beaten them half to death, if not outright killed them.
Yet thankfully, Imperial Teacher Jingping had arrived.
"The sun in the sky..."
Imperial Teacher Jingping looked up and saw the sun missing half its disc. His expression shifted slightly. He quickly withdrew his gaze, refusing to look at that broken sun again, and steadied his mind before asking, "Sect Master, what place is this? These fellow Daoists are...?"
"Imperial Teacher Jingping, you've come at the perfect time!"
Shen Mu announced in a clear voice, "Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce you! This is the sage who appears once in five hundred years—the Imperial Teacher of Jingping. To speak frankly, the divine bridge of the Jingping people was severed, and Imperial Teacher Jingping was the first to cultivate a divine bridge and ascend to godhood. He is also the leader of Jingping's reform movement! Imperial Teacher Jingping, this is Taihuang Heaven, the first of the Thirty-Three Heavens. This one in the air is True God Pang Yu!"
True God Pang Yu and the assembled deities could not help but be moved. They hurriedly descended and exchanged greetings with Imperial Teacher Jingping. Pang Yu smiled and said, "So you are the sage who appears once in five hundred years! I have long heard of you! To speak frankly, I once heard legends of a sage who appears once in five hundred years. I had thought them rustic tall tales—never did I imagine I would meet the real person!"
Imperial Teacher Jingping returned the greeting and said modestly, "Brother Dao flatters me. I am but a humble man from the countryside who has never seen great matters. This 'sage who appears once in five hundred years' is merely the flattery of a small nation."
Pang Yu laughed heartily and shook his head. "Imperial Teacher Jingping, you are mistaken! If your world is the countryside, then Taihuang Heaven does not even qualify as countryside. In the Kaihuang Era and the Shanghuang Era, your realm was where the Heavenly Court resided. We of Taihuang Heaven have fought the demon clans for twenty thousand years, all to protect your world."
Imperial Teacher Jingping was deeply shaken, and Shen Mu too wore a dazed expression, having never expected True God Pang Yu to say such things.
The words revealed too much. Even the two of them needed time to digest it all.
"This spirit-energy translocation bridge connects the two realms. It is a great boon for Taihuang Heaven. If we cannot hold, then we must preserve our strength and retreat to the Heavenly Court."
Pang Yu bowed deeply to Shen Mu and said with utter sincerity, "Whether or not Friend Shen can forge two new suns, everyone in Taihuang Heaven, high and low, will remember your great kindness!"
Shen Mu hurriedly returned the bow and said, "True God is too kind. This is my duty. There is no need to keep it in mind."